On November 24, 1961 the journal Science published an article that reported a study of Baby Teeth in the St Louis area. The project focused on Strontium 90 which can replace calcium in bones. The women of the world were outraged at the levels of Strontium 90 because their hips are close to unborn children in their wombs. Children absorb radiation more rapidly than do adults because they are growing. That is why Baby Teeth studies can motivate change.

President Kennedy was able to use the Baby Tooth study to gather public support to sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty on August 5, 1963 in Moscow. This treaty banned nuclear bomb tests in the atmosphere and in outer space. Leuren Moret said that one reason for the American government to have hyped the polio epidemic was to cover up the damage done to young children from above ground nuclear tests…